AFP, Maputo :
The death toll from flooding in parts of Mozambique has risen to 71, the country’s disaster management services said on Monday.
“From the data collected up to last night (Sunday), the provisional toll of victims has risen to 71 since January 12,” National Institute of Disaster Management spokeswoman Rita Almeida told AFP.
Most of those killed were from Zambezia province in the centre of the southern African country.
“About 80,000 people have been affected by the floods in the centre and north of the country, according to information we have collected until now,” she said.
Of those, 30,000 people are being accommodated in 43 shelters.
Ms Almeida said emergency services remained on high alert, with more rain expected in the coming week: “The situation is worrying.”
The death toll from flooding in parts of Mozambique has risen to 71, the country’s disaster management services said on Monday.
“From the data collected up to last night (Sunday), the provisional toll of victims has risen to 71 since January 12,” National Institute of Disaster Management spokeswoman Rita Almeida told AFP.
Most of those killed were from Zambezia province in the centre of the southern African country.
“About 80,000 people have been affected by the floods in the centre and north of the country, according to information we have collected until now,” she said.
Of those, 30,000 people are being accommodated in 43 shelters.
Ms Almeida said emergency services remained on high alert, with more rain expected in the coming week: “The situation is worrying.”
